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A Powell physician has been charged with employing a felon to treat patients and falsely
claiming to have examined patients and prescribed drugs when records show he was in Europe.

The State Medical Board of Ohio suspended the medical license of Adam P. Hall, 39, on Monday and
informed him of his right to a hearing to contest the potential permanent loss of his license.

Hall operated a medical practice in Ironton in Lawrence County, but his office manager told
investigators that he visited the office in southern Ohio only three or four days a month.

The medical board said that Hall employed Kevin Bowers, 42, of Grove City, a former physician
whose license was permanently revoked in 2010, to examine patients and issue prescriptions on forms
pre-signed by Hall.

Bowers was convicted of a drug-related offense before the loss of his license. He did not return
a message seeking comment left on his home telephone.

Patient records seized last month showed that Hall claimed to have examined and prescribed drugs
— including narcotics — to at least nine patients in 2008 and 2012 while he was vacationing in Rome
and Zurich, respectively, the medical board said.

Hall’s license has been suspended before by the medical board. He was granted a probationary
license in 2007 after obtaining treatment for alcohol and drug addictions and a diagnosis of
bipolar disorder.

A telephone number listed for Hall was busy yesterday, and he could not be reached for
comment.

The Lawrence County prosecutor’s office assisted the medical board in its investigation of Hall
in conjunction with law-enforcement authorities.

The medical board accused Hall of trafficking in drugs, illegal processing of drug documents and
assisting in the unauthorized practice of medicine. Hall has not been charged with any crime.